CLOUD & SaaS FORENSICS
Data Rarely Lives in One Place
In today’s decentralized digital landscape, critical evidence often resides in the cloud. From email systems and file storage platforms to collaborative applications and virtual environments, cloud-based services hold vast amounts of information essential to legal disputes, internal investigations, and cybersecurity incidents. Guardian Forensics specializes in cloud forensics—the structured recovery, examination, and validation of data hosted across cloud infrastructures to uncover evidence, construct timelines, and confirm authenticity.
Cloud environments differ significantly from traditional data storage. Information is often synchronized across multiple devices, logs are frequently updated, and metadata can be altered or overwritten without notice. Effective cloud forensic analysis requires not only advanced forensic techniques, but also a working knowledge of the underlying architecture of services like Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Slack, Dropbox, iCloud, AWS, and Azure.
Guardian Forensics leverages industry-leading tools such as Magnet AXIOM Cyber, X1 Social Discovery, Exterro FTK, Cellebrite Cloud Analyzer, and Oxygen Forensics JetEngine to acquire and analyze cloud-stored evidence with precision and compliance. Our experts are well-versed in authentication processes, access controls, audit logs, and cloud-native artifacts, ensuring every finding is technically accurate and legally defensible.
Whether supporting a civil litigation, criminal defense, internal investigation, or incident response, our court-recognized experts bring the clarity and credibility required to handle cloud evidence in high-stakes matters.
Cloud forensics is often pivotal in cases involving:
Disputes over user access or document authorship
Suspicious account activity or unauthorized logins
As with all digital investigations, chain of custody and data integrity are paramount. Our process includes detailed logging and validation at each step. From identifying backdated documents in Google Drive folders to tracking login attempts in an Office 365 audit trail, we focus on clarity, precision, and relevance.
Cloud data doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It’s connected to devices, users, and actions, and Guardian Forensics knows how to follow those connections wherever they lead.
We don’t just uncover digital evidence. We unlock the truth.
Contact us today to learn how Guardian Forensics can support your investigation or litigation needs.